Day 12 Monday

To see pictures, be sure to log on the internet to http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmcmissionpictures/.
You can view a map of Belize at http://www.progressoheights.com/location/belize_map.jpg . “Click” on the map and it will zoom in; we are working in the very northernmost tip in Corozal town (which is located in the District of the same name).


Here is what happened on Monday.

This message is a bit anticlimactic in that everyone is back and you have no doubt talked to someone and gotten all the news, but…

We got up early and finished packing, had breakfast, and got the classrooms in which we were staying as clean as when we arrived. After some last minute details, we headed for Belize City airport. We got there in plenty of time.

In Dallas, we needed to enter the USA, so had to go through immigration, pick up our luggage, go through customs, recheck the bags, go through US security, then find our gate. We had only about 1 hour 10 minutes to get all that done, and that is not nearly enough time. So we were concerned enough that while we were in Belize airport, a couple of the staff members offered up special prayer for everyone getting through and on time. My specific prayer was that God would somehow arrange things so that our departure gate was close to the exit of the customs area. God answered our prayer, in that our flight arrived 25 minutes early, and when we finished getting checked through, there was only one gate between where we exited and our departure gate. So we had ample time to get supper and boarded

Arrived in Denver about 20 minutes early. Most of the group was riding the bus up to Campion, but there were a few happy parents on hand to welcome home their world-traveling kids. We finally arrived on campus by 12:30 a.m. Wow! What a trip!

You might have seen the list of 7 objectives for the kids on this trip:

1. Grow closer to Jesus
2. Serve others with no expectation of reward
3. Learn to be more generous and unselfish
4. Become acquainted with another culture
5. Appreciate the blessings that you have in your home, school, and country
6. Make a bunch of new friends that you learn to genuinely love
7. Have a really great time

Each student had his/her own experience, but to one degree or another, all of our kids achieved all 7 objectives. Good kids, good times.